Clover Hill Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105434
MRDS ID W000105
Record type Site
Current site name Clover Hill Magnetite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.68011, 41.34527 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westchester(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Croton Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OPEN PITS; ORE ZONE ABOUT 100 FEET WIDE; ON STRIKE WITH CROTON AND BREWSTER MINES; OPEN PITS NOW PONDS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Granite Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.68011, 41.34527

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Pre Cambrian Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GNEISSOID TEXTURE; MUCH SHEARING AND DEFORMATION; COMPLEX GEOLOGY; NUMEROUS THEORIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years PROBABLY ABOUT 1880

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE FE ORE WAS PRODUCED. FIGURES LACKING; NO MAJOR PRODUCTION.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROBABLY MUCH LOW GRADE REMAINS; FIGURES LACKING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLONY, R. J., 1921, "MAGNETITE DEPOSITS SE. NEW YORK, " N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 249; MAP, TEXT, PG 120-121

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.